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5 TIFT LEAVES PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEIGHT BROTHERS AND THEIR TRIUMPH ' ANT AEROPLANE. FULL TIE IS GIN State Department Will Not Hurry Tariff Changes. Will Take Good Rest and Then Start on Tour of States of West. AGREEMENTS TO RUN OUT The Bottled Beer of Quality i No Effort Will Be Made to Enforce New Law Until Arrangements Now In Force Are Ended. MEET DIAZ AT EL PASQ THE 3IORMX6 OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1909. FO SUMMER CAPITAL GAMBMNUS Itinerary Begins With Stop at ChN cago and Include Cities and WoncUrs of Wet Back in Washington Nov. 1 0. PLACES TAFT WILL SEE. On his "swtnff around tho circle" In the Autumn President Taft will, after leaving historic Bustoo. go di rectly to Chicago, where he will spend a day. Two days will then be spent In the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. after which his route leads to Denver, with stops at Des Moines and Omaha. After a day In Colorado's capital Mr. Taft will visit the Royal Gorge and the new Gunnison Tunnel and the resorts of the state, thence going to Salt Lak-e City, where he will rest two days. pocatello. Butte and Helena wiU be visited en route to Spokane, where the day will be spent. Half a day Is allotted to North Yakima, after wMch the President will go Seattle f t r two days, visit Tacoma, and then r. ach Portland for a day. Going South Mr. Taft will spend sv day at Sacramento and half a day 1 n uu k lan d and San Francisco. Tn re days will be spezit in the To semite Valley and two' at Los An geles. The ' trip Kast will then be gin, with a day at the Grand Can yon and an evening at Albuquerque before El Paso Is reached. There Mr. Taft will meet President Dial of Mexico He will then visit various Texan points. Including Houston. San Antonio and a three day stop at his brother's ranch. He will then visit Dallas and go north to St. Louis, thence down the river to New Orleans, where three days will be spent before the trip through the Atlantic States to Washington la resumed, visiting Jackson, Birming ham. Atlanta and Richmond! en route. : l 7909 sty g- Sr ..:Sgg r TZ' . .ASJV ' - ' . " 'r . : ' : r- lit ,i HI I 11 ; i. i - J " "N" Jr.. f f i - 3 J- NEW YORK, Auk. 7. (SpectRl.)-- The suces of the Wrigrht flylngr ma chine at the official trials this week, where records were broken, was not a surprise to those who know the Wrights, because those who have seen their work know that they always have something in reserve. Unlike Latham, who rushed to cross the Channel before he had tested his machine fully, the Wrights never undertake anything they are not sure they can do, barring the accidents which are Inseparable from aviation at its present stage of development. WASHINGTON, Auf. .Off for his Summer home at Beverley. M?s., Presi dent Taft left Washington at 6:35 o'clock this afternoon. He will not return to Washington until the middle of Novem ber next. Remaining at Beverley with his family until September 15. he will etart on that day on a tour that will em- trace all but eight or ten states of the I'nlon and both of the territories in the Far Southwest. Scores of Senators, Representatives and Uovernment officials called at the White House today to say a brief word of good- ty. IT A FT OUTLINES WESTERN TRIP Extended Itinerary Is Planned for Long Journey. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Before his departure, the President made public a tentative outline of his trip through the West and South thlti Fall, it will em brace a journey approximating 13.00) miles, and will be one of the most no table ever made by a President. It will be as dlversive as could be well Imag ined and no 'seeing-all-Amerlca" tour could be devised to embrace as many points of interest in so brief a space of time as President Taft will give to his Jaunt to the Pacific Coast . and back through the South. The President, accompanied by Secre tary Fred W. Carpenter, Captain Archi bald . Butt, his military aide, several White House attaches', and perhaps a (ruest or two for various part of the trip, will travel in a private car, attached for the greater part of the trip to reg ular trains. During his tour the Presi dent will traverse the Royal Gorge of the Rocky Mountains, will visit the Ex position at Seattle, will spend three days in the famous Yosemite Valley, will stop off at the Grand Canyon of the Colo rado, will greet the President of Mexico on the international bridge over the Rio Grande River at El Paso on October 16; will take a four days' sail down the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans, with various stops en route, and will spend four days on the ranch of his brother. Charles P. Taft, near Corpus nrisu, i ex. - Start in Automobile. He will motor into Boston the morning ef September 15 hw Kd birthday and there board the car which practically will be a roving White House for two months. The President's first stop will fee at Chicago, where he arrives Sep tember 16. and spends the day, leai'ing September 17 for Madison. Wis. The Tresident will spend September 18 and 19 in Minneapolis. Five hours will be spent in Des Moines. Ia., September 20. when the President goes to Omaha. Denver Will be reached the afternoon of Septem ber II. and the President will go almost direct from his train to the State Cap itol for a reception to ,be tendered by state officials, chambers of commerce, civie organlxations. etc. Leaving Denver at 5 P. M.. September II. the party will stop for an hour's visit at Colorado Springs, and then go on to Pueblo. Colo., where, in the even ing, they will be guests at the State Fair. The morning of September 2S will find the President at Glen wood Springs. Colo.. fur a brief visit, and that afternoon he win visit Montrose to have a look at the great Gunnison tunnel of the Western Colorado irrigation project. Returning to Grand Junction to resume the Jour ney westward, the President will arrive at Salt Lake City. Friday afternoon. Sep tember 24. to remain there until Sunday afternoon, when the party leaves for Pocatello. Idaho, and Butte. Mont., the latter'city being reached Monday, at 6:40 A. M. After spending half a day in Butte there will be a brief excursion into Hel ena. Mont. day for a trip down the famous Shasta route, through the Siskiyou Mountains. The President will stop October 4 in Sacramento. reaching Oakland, Cal.. early on the morning of October S. He will spend four or ftve hours in and around Oakland and Berkeley before tak ing theferry for San Francisco. After spending the afternoon and evening of the 6th in San Francisco, the President will leave early the morning of the 6th for Yosemlte Valley. He will spend the 7th, 8th and th in the Valley, and coming out the morning of Sunday, October 10, will go to Los Angeles, stopping lor tnree i hours In Fresno. Sunday afternoon. The President will spend Monday and Tues day. October 11 and 12, In Los Angeles, visiting his sister. Plans to Meet Djaz. He will arrive at the Grand Canyon the morning of October 14. and will leave again that night for Albuquerque, N. M., where he will spend the evening of the 15th. reaching 1 Paso early the following morning for the meeting with President Diaz, of Mexico. This meet lng. It is said, may take place in the center of the International Bridge, the Chief Executives of the two nations standing in their own territory and shaking hands across the border. It is said a banquet will also be served on the bridge. The President will reach San Antonio Sunday night. October 17. and will spend, the forenoon of Monday in in specting Fort Sam Houston. Arriving at Corpus Christ! the evening of Octo ber 18. the President goes, at once to his brother's ranch, where he will spend all of Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs day. Vlsitlug Houston the forenoon of Friday. October 23. the President pro ceeds to Dallas that afternoon to spend Saturday evening and all of Sunday. From Dallas, the President goes to St. Louis to begin his day's trip down the Mississippi on the steamer assigned to him by the Deepwater Ways' Association, which Is to hold Us convention in New Orleans on the President's arrival there. Following the President's boat will be a spectacular flotilla of river craft. One of the trailing boats will be assigned to the 30 Governors of states who have accepted invitations to make the trip down the river and to attend the convention. An other boat will be assigned to a Congres sional delegation of more than 100 mem bers. A number of speeches will be deliv ered en route. ' New Orleans will be reached Friday. October 29. The Presi dent will remain in New Orleans until Monday morning. November I. From New Orleans the President goes to Jackson. Miss., Columbus., Miss., and Birmingham, Ala. Tlie President will re main in Birmingham until Wednesday, November 3. when he proceeds to Macon, Ga. : following that he will visit Savan nah. Ga., Charleston, and Augusta; Co lumbus. S. C, will be visited the. after noon of November 8. and Wilmington, N. C will claim the President for the entire day of the th. The President will spend 13 hours in. Richmond. Va., and will re turn to Washington the night pf. Novem- GOES BACK TO FARM Sears Quits Business at 45 With $25,000,000. ber 10. TWO DAYS AT SOUND CITIES In Inland Empire. Spokane'. Wash., will be reached early Tuesday morning, and the entire day will be spent in that city. The forenoon of the 29th will be spent at North Yak ima, and the party will arrive at Seattle at 8:15 that evening. President Taft will spend two days. September 30 and O-tober 1. "doing" the Alaka-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, leaving Seattle late the evening of the second day and arriv ing in Portland. Or.. October 2. at 7 A. Id. Two days will be spent In Portland. Xh party leaving there at P. M. Sua- Taffs Secretary Inquires About Ar rangements at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 6. Mayor John F. Miller today received the following tel egram from Fred W. Carpenter, President Taft's private secretary: "The President arrives In Seattle Sep tember 29 at 8:15 P. M. and leaves there October 1 at 10:40 P. M. During this time he wishes to visit Tacoma for a short stay. What would be the best time for his doing this? He must leave Seattle as above indicated. "Should like to get in touch with Seattle local committee and exposition authorities. Communicate with me at Beverly after today." STARTED AS OPERATOR Then Peddled Watches Until Ho Built Up Great Mail-Order House, Which He Sold Out Too Busy Farming to Talk. CHICAGO, Aug. 6. (Special.) Richard W. Sears, a former telegraph operator at Redwood Falls, Minn., at a salary of 335 a month and who retired from busi ness yesterday with a fortune of 325, 000,000 made in 17 years, arose at 5 o'clock this morning to superintend the work of 20 men in his harvest fields. He announced that he was too busy getting in his crop to discuss his meteoric career, as much work remained to be done In the field before sundown. His farm, to which he has retired,. Is at Gray's Lake. III. Seventeen years ago a -Boston concern sent him a watch, with the privilege of returning It if he could not sell it He did sell it and many others. Then he removed to Minneapolis, broadening his business, "and later came to Chicago and helped found the great mail order firm of Sears, Roebueck & Co. A New York syndicate has jUTt paid him 325.000.000 for his share In the business. 'He Is only 45 years of age. FUNERAL IS HALTED AUTHORITIES SCENT MURDER IN YOUNG MAN'S DEATH. Property and Money Possessed by Dead Man Turns Up When In vestigation Begins. Registry System Losing.' WASHINGTON. Aug. . Surprised at statements that the registry system of the Postofflce Department has not proved profitable. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has appointed a special committee to in vestigate the whole subject. The com mittee will recommend methods by m'hich the revenues of the registry system may be increased and Its cost of operation re duced without Impairing its safety. It may become necessary to increase the registry fee. VICTORIA. B. C. Aug. 6. (Special.) The funeral of James Alnger, a sturdy young Cornlshman. who died suddenly In a Blanchard-street boarding-house three days ago. and who was to have been burled this afternoon, was dramatically interrupted by the appearance on the 6cene of Alnger's fiancee. Miss Agnes Thomas, who. garbed In deepest mourn ing and obviously much distressed. In voked the aid of Detective Captain Palmer to prevent the removal of the body by the waiting hearse. Miss Thomas was a fellow-traveler with Ainger crossing the continent, when she came out from EnglanU some 15 months ago. They fell in love and their engage ment resulted, a frequent correspondence being kept up until a fortnight since, when Ainger wrote to his sweetheart that he had saved money enough and was in a sufficiently assured position to enable their marriage to take place. ' Miss Thomas accordingly came here and the wedding was set for Monday next. About a week ago-Ainger complained to her of feeling 111 and made the remark that he believed ha. was being given pol son. A few days later he died. Officials on taking charge f his possessions found but 90 cents. Since Miss Thomas inter vened to stop the funeral his landlady has turned over 3100. a gold watch and other valuables alleged to have been found by accident in an abandoned suit of overalls. The Coroner has ordered a careful post-mortem examination and will open an inquest tomorrow afternoon.- WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. The full amount of time stipulated in trade agreements with foreign Governments, which is six months in the case of Germany and Great Britain and 12 months in the case of Portugal, Italy, Spain and The Netherlands, will be given by the State Department in the abrogation of these agreements under the new tariff law. Switzerland, Bulgaria and France, not Laving any term of notice stipu lated in trade agreements now in force, were notified of the abrogation of these treaties on April 30, last, so that they now have about three months to prepare for new conditions. The Department is carefully consld- j ering the trade relations between the determine In which in many cases it will be necessary to apply the maxi mum duties of 25 per cent in addition to the rates stipulated In the law. The utmost effort first will be made to obtain a correction of any discrim ination against American products. Only as a last resort will the maxi mum rate be applied. It is not believed that any practice of a South American country will be classed as discriminatory against the United States, as trade relations with Latin-America have been generally on a most satisfactory basis. The Department Is now making a very careful survey of the field to de termine where any discrimination against American products exists that will warrant application of the maxi mum tariff rates. NEW LAW WORKS SMOOTHLY No Confusion as at Inauguration of Dingley Tariff. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Information received at the Treasury today from New York, Boston and Philadelphia indicates that the new tariff law is working with unexpected smoothness. Generally at the beginning of the operation of a new tar iff law matters In the big Custom-Houses are "at sixes and sevens" for a few days, but no confusion has yet manifested itself In the administration of the Payne law. This Is accounted for by the new law having been constructed on the general lines of the Dingley act, although, of course, the figures differ. LOEB'S ACTION CAUSES ROW Customs' Brokers Think He Should Have Kept. Later Hours. NEW ' YORK. Aug. 6. Custom-house brokers Interested in shipments on the steamer Pennsylvania, from Hamburg, which arrived last night too late to admit of, her cargo being entered before the new customs tariff law went Into effect, decided today that they would protest the action of Collector of Port Loeb in refus ing to keep the customs-house open after hours for the entering of the merchan dise on the steamer. i i KM I 111 I f I 1 I I I bWH I HI U The beer that makes, but never loses friends, 'GAMBRINUS SELECT" always the same, always in demand, always to be had in first-class places. Order a case from your grocer, or call up the brewery both phones prompt delivery. Once obtained, we never lose a customer. JSI I f 1-T X PRICES: Large size, $1.75 per case of one doz. Small Size, $2.00 per case of two doz. Usual allowance made for return of empty bottles GAMBRINUS BREWING COMPANY PHONES A 1149 MAIN 49 PORTLAND, OREGON WILL DEFEND TOBACCO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONS SAY INDUSTRY MENACED. THANKS FOR FAVORS RECEIVED Hosiery Men to Banquet Penrose for t Having Tariff Raised. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Because of his Instrumentality In having a higher duty placed on hosiery. Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, is to be tendered a banquet by the hosiery Industry of the country and the manufacturers of Pennsylvania. - The banquet is to take place October 26 in Philadelphia. Germany Does Not Like Action. BERLIN, Aug. 6. The State Department at Washington has notified the German Foreign Office of the termination of the German-American tariff agreement with in six months and ten days from yester day, the ten days being added to the stipulated six months In order to provid-3 an interval for the signature of President Taft. The act Is not liked in Germany. Board Meets to Plan Defense of Soothing Weed Against iacks of Churches. At- Tarlff Bill Is Printed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Printed copies of the new tariff act made their appear ance today in the document rooms of the Senate and House. Fifty thousand copies were ordered before Congress adjourned yesterday. These will be distributed by members of Congress. ELKINS FAMILY IS ROYAL Senator Descendant of Ancient Ital ian Kings. NEW YORK, Aug. 6. The blood of royal Italians courses through the veins of Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Vir ginia, and consequently Miss Katherine Elklns, his grand-daughter, whose report ed engagement to the Duke of the Abruz zl excited two continents, is of royal lineage, according to a cable today from London. Mrs. Albert Levin Richardson, of Bal timore, who has been In London for two years, making researches in reference to the origins of 17th century American col onists of the upper classes, . has discov ered that Senator Davis' forebears trace their descent back to A. D. 814. in the time of Charlemagne, through' many gen erations of Italian Kings. Mrs. Richard son, who Is Public Record Commissioner of the State of Maryland, submitted her proofs to the Herald's College in Lon don, and. after documents were rigor ously examined, the proofs were passed as absolutely Impeccable, according to the cablegram. This fact Is now record ed in the archives of the Herald's Col lege and a certificate to this effect has been granted to Mrs. Richardson. Neither Senator Davis nor Senator El- kins, father of Miss. Katherine Elkins. ae said to be cognizant of this discovery, which may have an effect on the Italian opposition to the young woman's marriage to the Duke of the Abruzzi. CHICAGO, Aug. 6. (Special.) The executive board of the United States Manufacturers' & Merchants' Association met In the Grand Pacific Hotel today noon to plan action In ref erence to the attacks that are being made on the tobacco Industry. The board, embracing the heads of the as sociations of manufacturers and mer chants of New England, New York. Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Louisville, Washington, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago, represents business men. firms and corporations with an aggregate capital of upwards of $750,000,000. "The action against the tobacco In dustry, having been officially an nounced by leaders of the Presbyterian Church and the W. C. T. U. has become a menace to the property and the liveli hood of hundreds of thousands of peo ple in all walks of life," said President Rickel today. "We are trying to de vise plans to check the ever increas- THIS IS THE BEST TIME THE YEAR ' FOR A XIW I'lATE OK BKI1JI.K, As Uiere Im little or no ganger of .or. gums or oth.r troubles wall. Spring lasts. Our plates give the mouta a nat ural expression, and will prove a last ing cwniort lng flood of sentimental attacks upon one of the most important branches of industry In this country." .Another Panama Junket. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Representative Tawney. chairman of the House commit tee on appropriations was at the White House today and told the President that his committee would sail for the Isthmus of Panama November 20 next. The com mittee will spend two weeks on the Isth mus, going over every detail of the work. Harris Trunk Co. for trunks and bags. Northwestern People in New York. NEW YORK. Aug. 6 (Special.) 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M. daily; runs through to Chicago without change of cars. Elegant modern equipment; Compartment, Observation car, Standard and Tourist sleepers, Day coaches and the BEST of Dining Car service; electric lighted throughout. Connecting trains leave Portland daily 8:15 A. M. and 10:00 A. M. via Seattle and 5:40 P. M. via NORTH BANK ROAD. NEW THROUGH KANSAS CITY SERVICE THE SOUTHEAST EXPRESS Via Great Northern to Billings, thence via Burlington Route. Leave Seattle daily at 10:00 P. M., leave Spokane 11:45 A. M., connecting trains leave Portland daily via Seattle and Spokane. LOW RATES EAST AUGUST ll-12th Full information regarding rates, tickets and sleeping car reservations. H. DICKSON, City Passenger aud Ticket Agent, 122 Third Street. Portland, Or. Telephones Main 680. A 2288. I